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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau
A 27-year-old Beitbridge man who was recently arrested for breaking windows and stealing from 16 vehicles in the border town has been denied bail.
Tafadzwa Mhofu of Dulivhadzimu suburb was arrested on Wednesday last week after hitting his latest victim in the Tshitaudze suburb.
He is believed to be part of a syndicate of thieves who break vehicle windows and steal valuables including money, car batteries, radios and amplifiers.
Mhofu was not asked to plead to the 16 counts of theft from motor vehicles when he appeared before Beitbridge resident magistrate Mr Takudwa Gwazemba, who remanded him in custody to July 12.
Prosecutor Mr Ronald Mugwagwa told the court that Mhofu was in the habit of breaking and stealing from parked vehicles at night around most high-density suburbs in the border town.
He said he was arrested by police detectives acting on a tip-off on June 23 at his Dulivhadzimu house.
The court heard that Mhofu revealed during interrogations that he used a screwdriver, a pair of scissors and a pair of pliers to break into the vehicles.
He then led the police to several houses around the high-density suburbs where he had stolen car batteries, car radios and other valuables from parked motor vehicles.
A total of 18 x 12 volts car batteries, two amplifiers, four speakers, a pressure pump, and a car radio were recovered from various people who had bought them from Mhofu.
Police confiscated a pair of pliers, three screwdrivers and a pair of scissors from Mhofu.
Online Reporter